Malawi

The SIM Malawi Country Vision is to see a witness to Christ's love where he is least known, disciples of Jesus expressing God's love in their communities, and Christ-centered churches among all peoples. 

SIM Malawi Spiritual Life Conference July, 2023

 

Our Focus Areas:

- Pursue the Unreached

- Build the Church

- Reach Children and Youth 

- Help the Hurting

- Advance Mission 

For regular updates from SIM Malawi, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. 

 

Malawi

The SIM Malawi Country Vision is to see a witness to Christ's love where he is least known, disciples of Jesus expressing God's love in their communities, and Christ-centered churches among all peoples. 

SIM Malawi Spiritual Life Conference July, 2023

 

Our Focus Areas:

- Pursue the Unreached

- Build the Church

- Reach Children and Youth 

- Help the Hurting

- Advance Mission 

For regular updates from SIM Malawi, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. 

 

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Advance Mission

Mobilisation of Malawian churches for the sending of Malawians into cross-cultural ministry, leading to the establishment of sending agencies in Malawi, one of which could be SIM.

Advance Mission
La movilización de las iglesias de Malawi para el envío de personas hacia el ministerio transcultural, llevando hacia el establecimiento de agencias de envío en Malawi, una de las cuales podría ser el SIM.

Communities where Christ is least known

Please consider joining, or supporting one of the SIM Malawi focus areas​

  • Pursue the Unreached  – We bring the saving gospel of Christ to the Yao, Indian and Asian communities in Malawi by making disciples and facilitating the formation of biblical, missional, and Christ-exalting churches​

  • Build the Church – We serve alongside the Church, working to equip those preparing for and serving in leadership in churches to be bold disciple-makers with a passion for reaching the lost​

  • Reach Children and Youth – We equip the church to help young people become committed disciples of Christ and we train Malawian churches to use the powerful platform of sports as a tool for effective evangelism​

  • Help the Hurting – We holistically care for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of Malawi’s most vulnerable and unreached people, disciple leaders in their inner lives and train people to care for those who have experienced emotional trauma.​

  • Advance Mission – We mobilise and equip the Malawian churches to send workers into communities where Christ is least known to share the good news of Christ​

Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about these ministries.  We will be happy to answer your questions​.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. For more information, please contact Malawi.Communications@sim.org ​

Prayers

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Pursue the Unreached - Pray for God to penetrate the hearts of the Yao people and the Indian and Chinese Diaspora with the saving gospel of Christ, and pray for the new believers to grow in their faith and to be courageous witnesses in their communities

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Pursue the Unreached - Pray for God to penetrate the hearts of the Yao people and the Indian and Chinese Diaspora with the saving gospel of Christ, and pray for the new believers to grow in their faith and to be courageous witnesses in their communities

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Build the Church - Pray for those involved in equipping the church, and pray for students and church leaders, that the gospel will be lived out and the church will reach outside of herself to share the gospel with others within Malawi and beyond

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Build the Church - Pray for those involved in equipping the church, and pray for students and church leaders, that the gospel will be lived out and the church will reach outside of herself to share the gospel with others within Malawi and beyond

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Reach Children and Youth - Pray that more young people will become committed disciples of Christ and that the Sports Friends Ministry will continue to grow enabling more young people to hear the good news of the gospel

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Reach Children and Youth - Pray that more young people will become committed disciples of Christ and that the Sports Friends Ministry will continue to grow enabling more young people to hear the good news of the gospel

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Help the Hurting - Pray for workers and resources to care for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of Malawi's most vulnerable and unreached people, to disciple leaders in their inner lives and to train people to care for those suffering from emotional trauma

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Help the Hurting - Pray for workers and resources to care for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of Malawi's most vulnerable and unreached people, to disciple leaders in their inner lives and to train people to care for those suffering from emotional trauma

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Advance Mission - Pray for more Malawian kingdom workers to be sent out to minister among the least reached and to courageously declare the good news of Jesus in the face of spiritual warfare and opposition

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Advance Mission - Pray for more Malawian kingdom workers to be sent out to minister among the least reached and to courageously declare the good news of Jesus in the face of spiritual warfare and opposition

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Pray for more kingdom workers to be sent to minister among the Yao.

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Pray for more kingdom workers to be sent to minister among the Yao.

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